A man had today been jailed for drug supply after a vehicle was stopped on the M6 and a large amount of Cannabis located.
Bartosz Dwojacki, 25, of Tonbridget Road, Maidstone appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today (Oct 30).
He sentenced to three years for possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B – Cannabis and Carry Class B drugs with intent to evade prohibition on importing.
He pleaded guilty to the offence.
The court heard on the 9 August this year’s officers noticed a vehicle travelling southbound on the M6 south of Carlisle which was driving erratically and at apparent excess speed.
Officers stopped the vehicle of which Dwojacki was the front seat passenger. A large amount of luggage was in the vehicle, with Dwojacki having reported to have travelled from Thailand to Glasgow airport and was travelling to his home at the time the vehicle was stopped.
Dwojacki told officers the luggage, two suitcases and a duffle bag within the vehicle belonged to him and when asked to open the coded locks claimed he didn’t remember them and planned to break them when he got home.
Officers managed to open one of the bags and found a number of vacuum sealed bags inside which appeared to be Cannabis and he was arrested.
The two suitcases were searched and contained a total of 48 kilograms of cannabis.
Dwojacki’s mobile phone was examined by officers and confirmed that he had recently travelled from Thailand to the Scotland.
The messages found supported Dwojacki had imported the Cannabis.
Those messages are as follows:
“As long as theres no smell lol”
“Or ya anna get a taxi to maccies or summet”
“Best to get away from there” referring to the airport.
“Just because I know old bill float”
“Okay bro, n yh told ya piece of p*ss qe only use routes that don’t get searched”.
Other messages found suggested that Dwojacki was intended to supply the cannabis to another party.
Detective Constable Lewis Young from Cumberland’s Community and Serious Organised Crime (CSOC) unit said “We proactively work to identify and challenge anyone suspected of being involved in drug supply.
“Thanks to the vigilance of the officer who identified reasons to be suspicious of the vehicle travelling through Cumbria and was able to stop the vehicle containing a significant amount of Cannabis.
“This brought to light Dwokacki’s offending following an investigation which made it clear that he had imported the Cannabis and intended to supply it to another party.”
Anyone with knowledge or evidence of drug dealing in their community is urged to contact police today. You can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it.
You can call 101.
Or you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.